| The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 126 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| “I’m just a ____ prostitute, my dear” (Freddie Mercury) | MUSICAL |
| “The ____ of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (final verse of King James Bible) | GRACE |
| “Vulgarity is the ____ in the salad of charm” (Cyril Connolly) | GARLIC |
| 1773 legislation helping the East India Company, but not our North American colonies | tea act |
| 1964 musical written by Jerry Herman | Hello Dolly |
| 1964 single which became Ken Dodd’s signature song | HAPPINESS |
| A painter such as Thomas Cole or John Constable | landscape artist |
| A proverbially calm body of water | mill pond |
| A type of cactus or its intoxicant, mescal | PEYOTE |
| Actor who played Max Zorin in the James Bond film A View to a Kill | Christopher Walken |
| Allergic ____ is another name for hay fever | RHINITIS |
| American footballer who typically receives the ball to instigate a rush play | running back |
| Anaesthetic often administered during childbirth | EPIDURAL |
| Analogue colour TV system developed in France, similar to PAL and NTSC | secam |
| Artificial radioactive element, atomic number 99 | EINSTEINIUM |
| Bundle of fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilages | LIGAMENT |
| Capital of St James parish, served by Jamaica’s busiest airport | Montego Bay |
| David Bowie single whose video was, at the time, the most expensive ever made | Ashes To Ashes |
| Female tennis player, 2017 US Open champion | Sloane Stephens |
| Fictional corporation frequently used in cartoons, notably those of Looney Tunes | ACME |
| Former Benetton F1 director who recruited Michael Schumacher in 1991 | Flavio Briatore |
| From the beginning (Latin) | ab ovo |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final novel | The Brothers Karamazov |
| Goodbye to Berlin by ____ was adapted to make the play I Am a Camera | Christopher Isherwood |
| In bridge, a ____ double invites partner to bid their best unbid suit | TAKEOUT |
| Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of this Greek deity | ZEUS |
| London’s ____ was originally the Royal Coburg Theatre | Old Vic |
| Magical phrase associated with Ali Baba | open sesame |
| Mahler symphony in all but name, presented as an orchestral song cycle for alto and tenor | Das Lied von der Erde |
| Main antagonist of the Resident Evil video games and films | Albert Wesker |
| Musician who sang the “I want my MTV” backing vocal on Money for Nothing by Dire Straits | STING |
| Narrator of On The Road by Jack Kerouac | Sal Paradise |
| Nickname of the Burt Reynolds character Bo Darville in a 1977 comedy film | BANDIT |
| Of a friar or nun, barefoot or wearing only sandals | discalceate |
| Of an antelope, to leap with an arched back | PRONK |
| Of an instrument, played with a mute | con sordino |
| Partner of Jimmy Edwards in the BBC Radio series Take It From Here | Dick Bentley |
| Ridden by Bob Champion, winner of the 1981 Grand National | aldaniti |
| River whose delta constitutes the Camargue region | RHONE |
| Samuel Irving ____ founded Advance publications, whose subsidiaries include Condé Nast | NEWHOUSE |
| Singer regarded as the Queen of Disco | Donna Summer |
| State of bondage, finally ended by Elizabeth I in 1574 | SERFDOM |
| Stock pantomime character abandoned by Columbine in favour of Harlequin | PIERROT |
| The 4 x 400m relay, at many track and field meetings | last event |
| The composer of Boléro and La Valse | Maurice Ravel |
| The goatfish, a popular Mediterranean delicacy | red mullet |
| The oat genus | avena |
| The palpebra | EYELID |
| The pouches of kangaroos, wombats etc | MARSUPIA |
| The real middle name of 3 Down; first name of a fictional teen diarist | ADRIAN |
| To be highly noticeable, or to stubbornly resist | stand out |
| Traditional Scottish dish of swede and potato | neeps and tatties |
| Tree of the laurel family, traditionally used to make root beer and tea | SASSAFRAS |
| Where to find bees or their hives | APIARY |
| ____ of the Nine Hostages was a 5th-century Irish high king, who may possibly have millions of living descendants | NIALL |
| ____ played Bubble in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous | Jane Horrocks |
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